16 Indian soldiers die in a road accident
Sixteen soldiers were killed in northeast India on Friday when the military truck carrying them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the army said.
The accident happened in the state of Sikkim as the truck carrying the soldiers was negotiating a dangerous bend in a mountainous region near the border with China.
"A rescue mission was immediately launched and four injured soldiers were airlifted," the Indian Army's Eastern Command said in a statement, confirming that three officers and 13 soldiers had died as a result of the incident. their injuries after the accident.
Sikkim has some of India's most dangerous high-altitude roads, especially along its remote Himalayan border with Tibet.
Accidents involving army vehicles near the vast border with China and Pakistan kill many soldiers each year.
In August, six paramilitaries were killed in an accident in Indian-administered Kashmir when an armored vehicle carrying them rolled down a mountain slope.
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Sixteen soldiers were killed in northeast India on Friday when the military truck carrying them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the army said.
The accident happened in the state of Sikkim as the truck carrying the soldiers was negotiating a dangerous bend in a mountainous region near the border with China.
"A rescue mission was immediately launched and four injured soldiers were airlifted," the Indian Army's Eastern Command said in a statement, confirming that three officers and 13 soldiers had died as a result of the incident. their injuries after the accident.
Sikkim has some of India's most dangerous high-altitude roads, especially along its remote Himalayan border with Tibet.
Accidents involving army vehicles near the vast border with China and Pakistan kill many soldiers each year.
In August, six paramilitaries were killed in an accident in Indian-administered Kashmir when an armored vehicle carrying them rolled down a mountain slope.
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